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HRW condemns Hamas executions in Gaza

August 25, 2014

The Human Rights Watch condemned Hamas Monday, in a press release agianst the recent public executions of dozens of Palestinians believed to have been in cohorts with Israeli intelligence services. “Amid all the carnage in Gaza, it’s abhorrent that Hamas officials are adding to it by permitting if not ordering, the summary execution of Palestinians deemed to be collaborators,” said the Middle East director at the HRW. “Hamas authorities need to stop these extrajudicial killings.” Hamas had previously said that the killings had been carried out publicly because of the ongoing war and that those executed had been found guilty and sentenced by a judge.